SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Watch Live as SpaceX attempts to make history, again, by landing its rocket on a special build drone ship, at the Pacific Ocean.  Update…

SpaceX succeeded in its primary mission, delivering the Jason-3 oceanographic satellite into orbit, but Falcon 9’s first stage rocket reached the drone ship, and crashed on landing.

Falcon 9's first stage rocket reached the drone ship, and crashed on landing.

 

Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is scheduled for Sunday at 1:42pm Eastern.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will carry NASA’s Jason-3, an ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit, then attempt to land on a drone ship in the Pacific ocean.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX’s drone ship “Just Read The Instructions” is the landing target for the reusable Falcon 9 rocket.

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